mp3tofid tries to create tag files (*1) as complete as possible. for backwards compatibility, and adds some extra tags for tracking, such as "loadfrom".

Bu only the most essential tags are compiled into the database.

As far as I can tell, the player reads tag files only during rebuilding the database. During playing, it reads the database only.

I believe an mp3tofid generated database is smaller than a player generated database, and thus should consume less RAM rather than more.

Pim